Chapter 1265 Chapter 1280 Showdown and Demon King’s City
"...The assignment is still in the same format as before, a two-page paper on the deformation of molluscs on parchment."
"They will be handed in next week. get out of class can be over now."
Transfiguration Classroom.
With the melodious bell ringing, Professor McGonagall closed the prop box on the podium.
"Also, Miss Kaslana will stay for now. There are some things I want to talk to you about alone..."
"But Professor McGonagall, we have a Potions class later -"
"I'll explain it to Professor Snape..."
Professor McGonagall glanced at Hermione, took out her wand and tapped it lightly on the parchment.
The next moment, the parchment rolled up quickly, turned into a small scroll, and flew to Hermione's raised right hand.
"Miss Granger, this is Elena's leave request. Can you hand it to Professor Snape for me - she may have to miss today's Potions class."
"Uh - no problem, Professor McGonagall. I'll be there right away..."
Hermione looked at Professor McGonagall, who looked gloomy, and gave Elena a helpless look.
It was obvious that Professor McGonagall seemed to be in a bad mood, and symbolically catching Elena was the ultimate limit of sisterhood.
"...Don't worry, the problem is not big, just some minor problems."
Elena waved to Hermione at the door and said with a relaxed smile.
"I'll come over in a minute—"
"All right."
After a while, there were only two witches left in the classroom, one large and one small.
Unlike Mag, who had a straight face, Elena was in a rather relaxed mood.
Of course she knew why the older cat girl came here, wasn't it just to secretly add fuel to the flames of "forcing the uterus".
Anyway, the proposal was drawn up by Rufus Scrimgeour himself, and the vote was instigated by Grindelwald. At most, she only had some ideas behind the scenes.
In fact, that's how it was originally - she was just a cute little witch, how could she personally interfere in adults' affairs.
Besides, there is now a very high-quality person to take the blame, so Elena is not worried about Mag getting angry at all.
but……
Fortunately, she had expected Old Potato and Old Lion to directly convince Professor McGonagall.
After all, a former Dark Lord and a former Director of the Auror Office should be quite outstanding in terms of eloquence and execution.
Squeak - bang.
The door to the Transfiguration classroom slammed shut.
"Then, I won't go around in circles anymore——"
Professor McGonagall took a deep breath and looked at the troubled girl sitting on the table in front of her.
"Why do you do this, Miss Kaslana? I thought we were on the same page at Hogwarts."
"Are you talking about the 'Hogwarts staff qualifications review' proposal?"
"You should know what the Ministry of Magic wants."
Professor McGonagall said calmly, taking out a piece of parchment from her handbag and patting it on the table.
"Education orders, school-wide faculty votes, teacher qualification examinations - are you planning to turn Hogwarts into a hall of the Ministry of Magic?!"
"This was Professor Dumbledore's thought before he left. If you have any opinions, you can ask him directly..."
Elena replied calmly and glanced at the older cat girl directly in front of her.
"Well, no words, no memory fragments, no evidence-"
"These are all from the professor's dictation. This is quite easy to offend people. He knows that, right?"
Elena didn't look at the documents that Professor McGonagall slapped on the table. She held up her hands and jumped down from the desk lightly.
"Teacher qualification certification in the wizarding world is an inevitable trend... The past cumbersome and rigid recruitment model should have been changed long ago."
"Sometimes, those things that seem prone to problems and corruption turn into the cleanest and most ideal things under the sun."
"You can try to object, or contact other teachers to protest - but I personally do not recommend this, after all, you are now one of the teachers to be reviewed and evaluated."
"Oh?" Professor McGonagall laughed angrily, "Then who will evaluate and set the standards?"
"Theoretically, this should be discussed by wizards like Mr. Scrimgeour and Professor Apokalis..."
Elena spread her hands, looked at the angry Hogwarts vice principal directly in front of her, and continued.
"but……"
"I know what you want to hear..."
"Yes, the standards, as well as the teacher qualification assessment content... these were drafted by me."
"Of course, on the other hand, this was also voted on. You should have learned about it in detail from Mr. Scrimgeour last night -"
Elena pointed to the parchment that Professor McGonagall slapped on the table.
"The Hogwarts School Board, the Ministry of Magic, and the Headmaster jointly initiated this proposal."
"At the same time, the consent of half of the Hogwarts faculty and staff was also sought before launching it - as for who drafted it, it doesn't matter, does it?"
"In the final analysis, during this time when Hogwarts is temporarily without a principal, it would be best to finalize the redistribution of the school's say as soon as possible."
Professor McGonagall narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Elena with a somewhat unfamiliar look.
Since Dumbledore left, Elena has become more active in Hogwarts Castle than she imagined.
From the Ministry of Magic to the school board, from formal professors like Quirinus Quirrell to marginalized castle administrators like Argus Filch...
Perhaps judging from the formal job title, Elena is still a student.
But judging from the current situation, her influence has obviously begun to approach that of the "substantial" Hogwarts principal.
The most important thing is that Professor McGonagall still hasn't figured out how Elena did it in such a short time.
"What I want to know now is, what exactly did you promise them?!"
"Clearly visible order, nothing more."
Elena bent down gracefully, picked up her schoolbag and put it on her back.
"So, can I go to Potions class? Professor - as for what happened, why don't you just go and ask them?"
Seeing that Professor McGonagall had no intention of stopping her, Elena quickly walked to the door and lightly snapped her fingers.
"Show me the way-"
Snapped.
With a soft sound, a house elf appeared in front of her.
The "post-Dumbledore era" affects not only people, but also the house elves living in Hogwarts Castle.
With the departure of Headmaster Dumbledore, the Hogwarts chef's command level automatically reaches first place.
And this also means...
Hogwarts has officially become the Demon King's castle belonging to Elena.
As for what Professor McGonagall sees now, it is just a change in the second or even third step...
Of course, perhaps for most students and professors at Hogwarts, the new Hogwarts has only officially begun now.